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Definition of Dottle
1. Noun. The residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking.
Generic synonyms: Residue
Definition of Dottle
1. Noun. The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe. ¹
2. Noun. (Geordie) A baby's dummy, pacifier. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dottle
1. a mass of half-burnt pipe tobacco [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dottle
Literary usage of Dottle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
""Hoot, ye dottle man," returned his wife in an audible whisper, ... Нате a tab,
with a small hole in the bottom of it, wherein put a cork or dottle, ..."
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